Meadow In Montrose

One last blog for the year!

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HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM OUR HOUSE TO YOURS!!

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The Little Piano Player

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He is dancing to the piano, so he'll play and dance someday!!

Spring Work

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Wes and Arlin are getting the rockwork done around the house!! It's nice weather out there for getting it done!

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A guest in our guest room!

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Kaiser at 8 months

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Won't be long before he's walkin'.

Wow, February is almost over

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This month has passed so quickly! I've enjoyed watching Kaiser, having the other four grandkids overnight, working mornings, and keeping the home fire burning!! It's so cozy and warm with a wood stove, especially when we've had several snowstorms this month. The last snow we got was in November, '09!! Spring is around the corner, though, because they were selling daffodils in the grocery store today!! The were so bright, and are a symbol of the promise of spring.
I've also knit a few hats while I watch the Olympics. I've posted them on FB, with Kaiser as the model. Check it out.
Kaiser has started to show his silly face when the camera is on him, and then he sort of snaps his fingers, too!!

Lanae's wink

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Super Bowl!!

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It was fun to have alot of people over to watch the super bowl. I guess they were all happy that the Saints won. I'm not that much into football, but it's fun seeing everyone else enjoy it! So, here's a few pics from the afternoon, and then I'll post a video of Lanae's wink!

End of January

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I guess I better keep blogging to keep you all interested in this Meadow in Montrose!! It's a meadow with NO snow at all!! The mountains around us have snow, but we've had powdered sugar dustings now and then, which melt as soon as the sun comes out. It was cold the beginning of January, but now it warms up comfortably in the afternoons. We have had the pleasure of having our missionary friends staying in our guest room for the past week. They have shared three different times already, and have one more weekend here, with three services to share at. It's amazing how the audience can 'help' them through it, by their responses, so it's not to tiring for them!! Tonight I have four of our grandkids here for overnight!! It's fun to be able to have them when I don't go to work the next morning! I'll post some pictures that I've taken this month, just to keep you all interested!! Let me know if you read this blog. :)

Happy 2010!

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I hope I will blog more this year!! I guess I post mostly on facebook, but here are a few more videos to see.

In Kaiser's Words . . . . .

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Keagan's Birthday Party Videos!

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Playing with Kaiser

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The 'girls' had fun playing with Kaiser. He loves to have his diaper off, but this is as far as we went with the camera on him! :)

Labor Day Weekend

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We took our friends' RV and went to South Fork, Colorado for Saturday, Sunday, and Monday!! So fun to just relax! The reason we went was because Robin Mark, the Irish worship leader, was going to have a concert at a small church there in SF. I had 'booked' an RV spot in a town nearby via internet, but when we came into South Fork, we saw the Chapel where Robin was going to be, and then we saw this RV Park right beside it.
So we turned in there, and discovered it was full of Christian RVers, and they were having a potluck supper. We decided to stay and joined in with them, and had a great weekend!!
Except that Ernie's back hurt more and more each day, as he hooked up the RV, unhooked it, and hooked it up again!
But, we heard Robin Mark in person (for the second time in two years!) and it was awesome!! His songs are so great~just making you want to worship!! And the chapel was in walking distance.
We left the park after the concert on Monday night, drove just over an hour, slept in the RV beside the road, then got home before 7 a.m. on Tuesday morning!!!
Now it's back to routine!

It was SO nice to see GREEN trees in the south part of Colorado. Ernie hasn't worked in live forests for several years!! But I had to take a picture of it, it looked so lovely!! Beautiful mountain formations, too.
That one picture is of the retired RVers that come to this campground every summer for several months!! They all know each other, but accepted us with open arms. We felt young there. ;)
The last pic is of the RV hooked up to our truck. I didn't take the camera to the church to get a picture of Robin Mark performing!! He is a very unassuming man, short in stature, bald, etc, etc. But what a heart for singing praises with the Celtic flavor. We really enjoyed it.

A Labor Day Tradition

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Saturday morning, Sept. 5th, we heard this funny sound coming from outside. It sounded like a whirlwind coming through our open windows, or a bear hissing out there!! But when we went out to our back patio, this is what we saw!!
Beautiful.

Good Morning, Glory!

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He's Finding his Thumb!

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Lanae Can Rock Climb!

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Kaiser trying to talk ~ 2 months old

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Grandma Dianne meets her grandson

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Baby Kaiser Simon Liebenthal has arrived!

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I guess this blog is mostly for some of you who don't have a Facebook account.
Another sweet grandson arrived by C-section on Sunday night, June 7th. It was quite a surprise to know he was coming. We were just alerted at noon after church, when we were to have lunch with Tamara. We found a note on her back door that she had gone to the hospital to get checked about 15 min. before we arrived. So we went home and had our own lunch, then called her on the cell phone. She said she had lost all her 'water' over the last 24 hours, and they don't like to leave a babe in a dry womb. So they induced her with two doses a few hours apart, but she did not feel the contractions, nor did she dilate.The next decision was a C-section when Kaiser's heart started getting eratic.
Well, we had other committments Sunday night!! We were hosting two Chinese students that night, and had to go to a BBQ with the whole group. Mark called us about 7 p.m. that they were going into surgery for the Caesarian, and he was born at 7:47 p.m. Ernie and I brought the boys we hosted to our house, and Wesley stayed with them while we met little Kaiser Simon, and visited for an hour! He was 5 lbs. 13 oz, and 17 inches long! We all think he looks alot like Mark! What a blessing!

Working in our Garden

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Working in our yard!!

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Watch out!! I'm gonna blog again!

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A tea party with my granddaughter.

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A Great Ladies' Retreat in February!

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Keagan received an award for reciting a poem at our library. (He's in the white shirt)

News

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Had a wonderful time in the ob/gyn office with Tamara and Mark. As some of you know, they had a 'sneak peek' into the womb and were pretty sure it was a girl. So today we went to confirm it, and the cord was between the legs for awhile, until Tamara turned on her side and got the baby to move a bit. There were alot of pictures taken, and it was amazing to me how many things they can see and tell with the ultrasound! I never had that with my kids!! But they all seem to be okay, anyway. :)
So, when the cord moved away, it was clear to see it was a BOY!!! So, we all have to do a mind-switch, and think in boy terms. Tamara was just glowing after they found out!! It was like a miracle, seeing him wave at us, put his arm above his head, and just stretch to show us how long he is!! He is about 11 oz. now, not even a pound, but all there!! What a miracle!!

New Job

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I know I haven't blogged in a long time, since facebook has become my way of communicating. Also, since Christmas, something has happened to our computer that it doesn't read my SD card anymore, so I can't upload pictures. That was my main way of telling you what went on in our family.
We had a great Christmas, the first one in our new house. What a blessing!! Wes and Arls got me a big rug, that we hope the pool table will sit on. It really has nice colors in it, and the grandkids loved playing on it with their games! I just hope that pool table comes soon. It was ordered in Sept!! They must be building a very special one for us!
Okay, the new job. I started Monday, January 5th, at the First Church of the Nazarene. It entails printing bulletins, entering data, putting Tamara's music in order, etc. I know almost 1/2 the church people, so it seems like it will be a great fit! I'm excited about it.
In other news, Wes and Arls fly off to Indonesia on the 13th, to attend our good friend's wedding, Ty Gordon. We got to know Laura a bit, too, since she stayed here for two months. We wish them a beautiful day and a blessed lifetime together. They are going to go to Pakistan and start up some new work there. Wish I could go!!
Well, I better have breakfast and get to work.

The sidewalk to our front door!

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The border was completed first, with the grandkids' handprints, but Lanae's footprint!

We got the blinds put up!

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For Marion

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Thank you!!

Sarah Palin Rally

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This is my first year as a citizen, and I can vote! It was exciting to be at this rally in Grand Junction, CO!

The two girls on the stage with Sarah are her daughters, Willow and Piper.

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There's Tamara sitting in the middle of the field, which we had hoped would be full of Palin supporters. It was a nice evening, even though we dressed warmly, just in case of rain.

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It was wonderful to set a weekend aside and come together as a family!! This is the first time we've done something like this when it's not been during a wedding time!! Our mom passed away in 2000, so now we have to make times like this to keep the family bond!
All six siblings and spouses were at Camp Tulahead in Princeton, BC. There were 19 first cousins there, with 7 spouses, since not all are married yet. =)
Three cousins and four 'cousin' spouses couldn't make it, along with 2 second cousins. So 10 second cousins were there, and they were hardest to get a picture of, as you can see in the following photos. Some adults had to sit with them, just to get them in the picture.
So, let's keep in touch and start planning the next one!! We would LOVE to host it here in Montrose, Colorado. Winter or suummer?? Leave your comments here.

Neufeld Family Reunion-Aug 30-Sept 2, 2008

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Occupancy!

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Lanae Rachel arrived on July 22nd!

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Update

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Well, if I thought June was the crunch month, what was happening yesterday?? I had too many workers there, so the carpet layers left and said they'd come back next week when there was room to walk to the bedrooms!! It's okay! It was very busy as you can see by the pics, with cabinets being installed in the kitchen, bathrooms and laundry room. They are so beautiful!

Yesterday was also our 36th anniversary, and so Ernie and I had an anniv. lunch instead of dinner! That was because it was a small miracle that he was even here during the day on a Monday, but he hurt his back on Saturday, so had to rest all weekend, then see his chiropractor on Mon. morning. Then he went back to work later in the afternoon~a five hr. drive! Not good for a bad back! But he said he'd stop often to get out and walk. So maybe he made it back to work by midnight last nite. ;)

The June crunch is on~so here's some of the almost finished works of the house in the first week of June!

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Pictures from Kaden's 4th birthday party!

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More workers at the house

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Well this is the same one in all three pictures! We were pretty sore from all the vacuuming and taping, but today the primer is done and the painting can begin!!

Some of the workers at the house.

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A short trip

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We took a trip to BC to see Ernie's brother, David, who had an operation in Vancouver. Dave lives in Atlin, BC, so it was great to see him in the 'south' of BC. We basically spent one day in the lower Fraser Valley, and had a BBQ with my sisters, brother, and some nieces and nephews. Then it was another day of driving to Cranbrook, but it was broken up by visiting our friends, Dan & Dorothy Unger, who met us in Osoyoos, and then some more friends in Creston!
In Cranbrook we got to see several friends because we were there for four days! Wow, a long time. =) Had visits and meals with relatives, too, and it was great to reconnect!! We also talked alot about selling some of our property that we still own, so hopefully that will happen in a couple months. The lady renting our house is very interested, and 'going for it' we hope!!
As you can tell by the following pictures, we met alot of friends for a last meal on Friday nite, and the left Cranny for two more days of driving. So the whole trip was actually 5 days of driving and 5 days of visiting. We got to watch most of Terran's relay dune-buggy race at the Grand Junction Speedway the Sunday we were coming home. What fun!

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The stucco is done!!

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The snow we got on April 11th!

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House~Part IX

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The House~Part VIII

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I had a post that showed the inside of a couple rooms of the house, so that was Part VII, in case you were wondering.

The insulation has been 'poured', and I see that Eric started some sheet rock in a bedroom!! (gyprock for the Canadians!!) The roof paper is also finished, so it looks great closed up. But please continue praying for the return of the money the last roofing contractor still has. We hope to get most of it back, so we can get another roofer on the job! (See previous post)

The front door was scratched up, so we're waiting on a new one! The front of the bay windows that are just wood right now, will have rock work on them, that's why they're not covered for stucco.

I don't know how this is going to show up on my post, because I don't want it to print down the sides of a picture, and that's what it does, even tho it doesn't show that in my 'preview'. I don't know how to change it right now, sorry. But that picture from the inside with the bay window and window seat in is the master bedroom. It's a large room!

Prayer Request

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I hope this is okay to share with you, so you can pray for resolution.
We paid a guy to order the tile roofing Ernie wanted, and I guess because of the California fires, it went up in price. But the guy said he could get it at the original price, so we gave him over $15,000 to order it. Well, long story short, he never did order it, and just kept giving excuses, and procrastinating. Our contract builder was following up and calling him, but he'd (Jerry) never return the calls. Ernie got ahold of him one Saturday, and they arranged that J would get a quit-claim paper from his lawyer, to pay us back, minus the paper and labor he had already put in. The next Sat. comes and goes with no call from him!! So here we sit, still with no resolution, our roof about a month behind schedule, and snow and rain still falling into the house.
So please pray for this guy, that the Lord would convict him (apparently he goes to church) and make him more honest. Thank you for your prayers in advance!!

A Fun Sunday

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I purchased a couple reliners that were buy one, get one free. But the 'guy' in the second chair I've had for a very looooong time!! But he likes the chair!!
The fun part about today was Wade, Jenn and kids hanging out for the day, and the kids liked the big boxes.

A Peek Inside

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I got a couple of pictures of the inside of our house, one facing the dining room, with the breakfast nook off to the left, and then the entertainment wall of the great room. It's all pretty open, as you can see. Ask any questions about it, or just make a comment. =)

A Fun Visit

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It was so fun to have Ernie's nephew, wife and child pop in for a visit and stay overnight! They were driving back up to Haines Jct, Yukon, from several months in Mexico! Lance is Ernie's brother, David's son, who he guided with in the northwestern part of BC for a few years in the 70s. Sian (Shan) is his wife, and Bronwyn is their 6 yr. old daughter.

The House Part VI

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Our Christmas~2007

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A lovely snowfall greeted us Christmas morning!!

Aleah's second Birthday~Dec. 21, 2007

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Hanging out with Uncle Arlin!

My birthday party at Terran and Naomi's

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The House~Part V

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The windows are getting in, so it looks better every week!

A New U.S Citizen!!!

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Big Rocks

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Ernie has brought some huge rocks from his worksite, to put in our future rock garden!! It's hard to get them off the truck, and today he couldn't get the bulldozer started, that he used to get the other big one off last week. But they will eventually be there on the ground in front of the house. You can see the first rock we got in the picture below.

The House Part IV

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Well, this is what it looks like today, Nov. 23rd, after our first snow last night!! Too bad the roof isn't totally done, because it's too slippery to work on it now. Hope there will be a few drier days so they can get it done.

The house Part III

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Keagan's 5th Birthday!

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Seems like this is all I can load at one time. But brave Jenn had all the kids painting at the party!! Kaden thought he should paint himself, I guess. They sure enjoyed that, and could take their little kitten, pony, or whatever it was home with them.

Jenn decorated with the surfing penquin theme.

One of Keagan's gifts was emptying Papa's pocket of change for his new piggy bank.

Some 'big' boys had to try a game of Keagan's!

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These are a couple pictures of Mark and Tamara's open house, held Saturday, Nov. 3rd.

The House~Part II

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The closeup one shows the front of the house, with a bay window in one bedroom. The front door will be just to the right of that bay.

Keagan with his great grandparents, the Penasas

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Keagan and Kaden with their great grandparents, the Kastendiecks

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The boys love their hockey!

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So Intent

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Aleah loves to check out the pictures on the cover of the videos and DVDs.

Aleah is checked out by Tre, and accepted as a friend!!

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Tarantula in Arkansas

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What we did in Arkansas

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Closing up the leach field lines the last day!!

We've started building our house!!

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Beauty in the town of Montrose!

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Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder!

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It's SOLD to the rightful owners.

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A pizza lunch in the new home!!

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Some visiting got done, too.

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Lots of help with boxes

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Moving day for Mark & Tamara! Sept. 8th, 2007

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Okay, that doesn't quite work!! I can't see what video I'm posting, because it doesn't show in thumbnail, so this was a 'Tamara' that we met randomly at a church in Fraser, who is in YWAM England, and our Tamara knew her, too. In this video we let her use our phone to call Tamara, and see if she could guess who this was, hence the funny laugh!!

Trying to post a video!

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My New Job!

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This is the cute little guy I babysit twice a week now!! He's 10 month old Tre Pidik!!

A Fabulous Day!

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Ernie got me a spa package certificate for our 35th anniversary! But it's not fun going alone, so he got it for all our daughters!! Tamara, Jenn, and Naomi came along and we made a day of it, ending with a dinner at Olive Garden, and then watched "Waking Ned Devine" at Naomi's house!! It sure was fun hanging out together!! Hope the following pictures post okay, because this is my second try.

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This is some of the bounty of the Ywam-Cimarron garden this year. Pictured are Judy Russell and Allan M with a wheelbarrow of Swiss chard!! Lots of green eatin' up there!!

Summer BBQ

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Get set~~

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Keagan wore a life jacket so he wouldn't slam his head against the back when Wade and Wes took off. It probably made him feel more secure, too, although it doesn't really look like it here!! He doesn't know what he's in for, but hey, they boys will give him $50 just for riding with them!!

Getting ready!

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They have to put 5 gallons of water in the tub. I think it felt good to Keags on such a hot day!!

The race is on!

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They have to wear shower caps, and have a shower curtain on the tub. Keagan is hanging on for dear life.

The winnings!

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Keagan and Kaden went up to get the MAMA bucks, which stands for Montrose Area Merchants' Association. You can spend them only in Montr. stores and restraunts. But hey, it's all free money for the winners!!

Colorado State Flower

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You all know what it is, right?

A WARNING

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SOME 4TH OF JULY FUN!

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This is what you do on a 96 degree day!

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